Wild Life is the Canadian animated short film by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby nominated for an Oscar. I had the privilege of meeting both yesterday at the Canadian Nominees Luncheon and guess what? They’re super smart and funny and I love how they joke about animators not really having social lives at all while busting into an Oscar event as the best dressed in the room -- WHAT??? And, oh yeah, they’re gossips. Full Story

What do you consider Good Gossip? Is it the breaking news headline like "Madison Quick and James Mason spotted out for dinner and a kiss!" Or can it be less time sensitive but more insightful? A discussion, for example, corroborated by Hollywood insiders, about how she'll always be the proverbial girl who got off the bus and lucked out with a pilot that turned her into a tv icon, still incapable of moving on from her romantic scandal without a handful of pills? Sometimes it's hard to answer "What's The Scoop?" in 10 words or less. Read Full Intro

Halle Berry will be presenting on Sunday. It will be her 9th appearance at the Oscars in 16 years. Is she JLo? Please. Halle has an Oscar. When you have one, it’s not the same as never being nominated and showing up for a decade. Let’s review. She’s our latest Oscar retrospective: 1996In lavender for her first time. Full Story

Oh my God, I miss my dogs. Even after Jacek messaged me this morning to tell me that he was swatted in the face by Barney at 4am who I'm sure was told to go the f-ck back to sleep, it's not breakfast yet, you asshole. Is the royal Lupo better behaved? Wellllll...judging from these shots, Lupo looks like he's still figuring it out. Full Story

It was announced two weeks ago that Ryan Phillippe had signed onto a pilot for a CBS cop drama called Golden Boy. Deadline reported yesterday that he’s now backed out. Phillippe had been working on Damages as a guest star. And apparently they’ve been considering him for TV for years. Full Story

Big news in the publishing world today: JK Rowling will release a new novel for adults with a different publisher and not with Bloomsbury which published all the Potters. That’s the only thing we know. More details are coming later this year including exactly when the book will come out, what it’s called, and what it’ll be about. Full Story

A video has been blowing up the blogs today of Zac Efron apparently dropping a condom on the red carpet when trying to hand something to a publicist-type at the photo wall at The Lorax premiere the other day. As you can see, not only does it fall on the ground, he then almost seems to go out of his way to look embarrassed and amused by what happened, so as to draw even more attention to it. Full Story

Finally.As you know, I’ve been saying for a while now that the girlfriend situation for publicity and awards just isn’t working for George Clooney. Just bring your parents!Well, it turns out that Mother Clooney will actually make an appearance at the Oscars on Sunday. DeadlineFull Story

Did you see the statistics about the makeup of the Academy? The Academy is 94% white, 77% male, and the median age is 62. That’s quantitative data. Want some qualitative proof?Back in 2007 Sacha Baron Cohen was invited to present at the Oscars. He wanted to do so in character as Borat. Full Story

And he looks GOOD. Really good. Better than he's looked in a long time. Here's Taylor Kitsch at the premiere of John Carter last night. And while he's totally hot and it's exciting that he's finally the lead on a carpet, I wish we could also say that he's the lead of a movie that's generating goodwill. Full Story